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| Cook County Clerk | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since April 7, 2024Vacant | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | March 1831 (appointed position) August 1837 (elected position) |
The Cook County Clerk is the clerk of county government in Cook County, Illinois.
History
[edit]The office of Cook County Clerk was established as an elected office with a four-year term in August 1837. Prior to this, from 1831 to 1837, the Clerk was appointed by the three Cook County Commissioners.[1]
Officeholders, 1837–present
[edit]| Clerk | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Davis | 1837–1849 | First elected Cook County Clerk | [1] | ||
| Edmund S. Kimberly | 1849–1853 | [1] | |||
 | Charles B. Farwell | 1853–1861 | [1] | ||
 | Laurin P. Hilliard | 1861–1865 | [1] | ||
.jpg) | Edward S. Salomon | 1865–November 1869 | Republican | [2][3] | |
 | John G. Gindele | 1869–January 1872 | Died in office | [1] | |
| George W. Wheeler | 1873–December 1873 | [1] | |||
_in_uniform)_-_Joslyn_%26_Smith,_Washington_Gallery,_Vicksburg_and_Jackson,_Miss_(cropped).jpg) | Hermann Lieb | 1873–December 1877 | [1] | ||
 | Ernest F.C. Klokke | 1877–December 1882 | Term extended, by law, for one year | [1] | |
| Michael W. Ryan | 1882–December 1886 | [1] | |||
 | Henry Wulff | 1886–1894 | Republican | ||
 | Philip Knopf | 1894–1902 | Republican | ||
 | Peter B. Olsen | 1902–1906 | Republican | ||
.png) | Joseph F. Haas | 1906–1910 | Republican | [4] | |
.jpg) | Robert Sweitzer | December 1910–December 1934 | Democratic | Elected in 1910, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1934; resigned to serve as Cook County Treasurer in December 1934 | |
| Michael J. Flynn | 1935–1950 | Democratic | Appointed in 1935; elected in 1938, 1942, 1946 | ||
.jpg) | Richard J. Daley | December 1950 – 1955 | Democratic | Elected in 1950 and 1954; resigned in 1955 to serve as mayor of Chicago | |
| Edward J. Barrett | 1955–1973 | Democratic | Appointed in 1955; elected in 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970; resigned in 1973 | ||
| Stanley Kusper | 1973–December 1990 | Democratic | Appointed in 1973, elected in 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 | [5] | |
.png) | David Orr | December 1990–December 2018 | Democratic | Elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
.png) | Karen Yarbrough | December 2018–April 2024 | Democratic | Elected in 2018 and 2022; died in office in April 2024 | [6] |
Recent election results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas. 1886.
- ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1885). From 1857 until the fire of 1871. A. T. Andreas. p. 235. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Benjaminson, Eric (2001). "A Regiment of Immigrants: The 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry and the Letters of Captain Rudolph Mueller". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 94 (2): 137–180. ISSN 1522-1067. JSTOR 40193360. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910. Chicago Daily News. 1909. p. 459. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ Hardy, Thomas (February 26, 1990). "STANLEY KUSPER HAS FEW REGRETS ABOUT PATH HIS CAREER HAS TAKEN". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ Lewis, Sean; Smith, Andrew (April 7, 2024). "Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73". WGN 9. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
- ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
- ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
- ^ "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
- ^ "Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Tabulated Statement of the Returns and Proclamation of the Results of the Canvass of the Election Returns for the November 8, 2022 Gubernatorial General Election Held in Each of the Precincts in Cook County, Illinois Including the City of Chicago" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.gov. Cook County Clerk. 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.